Commodities
TertiaryCopper, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR, SWELL AND PINCH
Ore controlShear Zone, Contact
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Covellite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
GangueBarite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Specularite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Prichard Formation-Grayish Quartzite;Burke Formation-Grayish Quartzite
Associated rockSyenite · Gold Hill Stock-Porphyritic Syenite
StructureSmall Post-Mineral Fault With Strike N 45 Deg E And Dipping 80 Deg Nw
AlterationGouge, Oxidized, Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10072058
MRDS IDW015884
Alternate namesPinnell Vein
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.95706, -116.74744
References
HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 2, 29 P.FAICK, J. N., 1937, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE GOLD HILL DISTRICT: MOSCOW, UNIV. OF IDAHO, M.S. THESIS, P. 43-45PARK, M.A., 1936, SELECTION OF EQUIPMENT AND MINING METHODS FOR THE GOLD HILL MINE, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, BS THESIS, 45 P.1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT.